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The 5th Edition of India Smart Grid Week, rechristened as India Smart Utility Week (ISUW), the five-day long international conference and exhibition was held in New Delhi from 12 – 16 March 2019 which was attended by over 1800 eminent experts from around the world. The event was inaugurated by AK Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India. Other dignitaries present at the inaugural ceremony were Richard Schomberg, IEC and EDF; HE Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India; HE Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India; Praveer Sinha, MD & CEO, Tata Power Company Limited; Ravi P Singh, CMD (In-charge), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited; Takashi Omote, Executive Director, NEDO, Japan; Pitamber Shivnani, President, Powergrid Division, ABB India; Ganesh Natarajan, Founder and Chairman, 5F World; Debasish U Banerjee, MD, CESC, Kolkata; Karin Widegren, Chairperson, ISGAN and RejiKumar Pillai, President ISGF and Chairman GSGF.

ISUW 2019 witnessed 377 presentations/speeches by 288 experts from 41 countries. The event offered an excellent platform for Utility Leaders, Regulators, Government Officials and Technology Providers for networking and experience sharing with their peers from around the globe. The event held at Manekshaw Center in New Delhi was supported by Ministries of Power, New and Renewable Energy, Science and Technology, External Affairs, Heavy Industries, Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; and Institutions such as IEC, CIGRE, ISGAN, WWF IEEE, Korea Smart Grid Association, Global Smart Grid Federation, TERI, Skill India, CII, CEEW, PhD Chamber of Commerce, CBIP, CIGRE India and many more.

From India 400+ senior officers from Utilities, Regulatory Commissions and Government Departments converged to discuss on the latest developments, trends and technologies related to Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation. Key

• India Smart Utility Week 2019 1 Glimpses of Conference, Exhibition and ISGF Innovations Awards

• ISGF Welcomes New Members 10

• Key Contacts 10

• Smart Grid Updates:

o Policy, Regulations & Standards 11

o Technology & Projects 12

• Appointments and Transfers 14

• New Tenders for Smart 15 Metering in India

• TEAM ISGF 16

• Announcing India Smart 16 Utility Week 2020

• Training Program on Advanced 16 Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

• Training Program on Electric 16 Mobility & Charging Infrastructure


themes of ISUW 2019 were Digitalization, Mainstreaming Renewables, energy storage and mobility transition. Several top-notch experts on these subjects delivered keynote addresses at ISUW 2019. Parallel workshops on variety of topics such as (I) Blockchain for Utilities organized in collaboration with Energy Web Foundation and Energy Blockchain Consortium; (ii) Future Skills 2030 – Skilling for Jobs in 2030 organized in collaboration with Indian School of Business, CII and Skill Council for Green Jobs; (iii) Results of Smart Grid Projects organized in collaboration with NEDO, Japan and NSGM; (iv) Power Market Design organized collaboration with European Commission and the Florence School of Regulations; (v) Advance Microgrids organized in collaboration with US Department of Energy: (vi) Women in Energy organized in collaboration with C3E Initiative of the IEA; and (vii) a high level Roundtable of grid operators from ASEAN, SAARC/BIMSTEC and GCC regions on Interconnection of Regional Grids in Asia – ASEAN GRID, SAARC/BIMSTEC GRID and GCC GRID attracted large participation. There were full day sessions on Smart Water and Gas Distribution. In addition, three bilateral Smart Grid workshops were held with France, the US and the European Commission to facilitate experience sharing, project partnerships, collaboration and knowledge dissemination. For the first time ISGF conducted a roundtable of women in energy in partnership with C3E and IEA to discuss the challenges faced by women and actions required to achieve gender equality in the energy sector in this era of energy transition and digitalisation.

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Digitalisation and the Digital Customer Resiliency and Future ReadinessMainstreaming RenewablesEnergy Storage and E-MobilityWorkshop on Smart Microgrids (Lead by US DoE)

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Master Classes Conferenceand Exhibition

Welcome Reception

Conferenceand Exhibition

Conference andExhibition

ISGF Innovation Awards 2019

and Gala Dinner

Technical Toursand Cultural Tour

THEMATIC SESSIONSCyber Secure Energy Transition and UtilityTransformation

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Mobility Transition in Smart CitiesElectric Vehicles Rollout Challenges In India

(Lead by Rocky Mountain Institute)

Organiser

(In collaboration with Think Smart Grid, France) 2nd France - India Smart Grid Workshop

Roundtable on Interconnection of Regional Grids in Asia: ASEAN Grid – SAARC Grid – GCC GridRoundtable on Women in Energy (In collaboration with C3E Initiative)

12 - 16 March 2019Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, India

International Conference & Exhibition onSMART UTILITIES FOR SMART CITIES

Energy StorageStationery ApplicationsMobility ApplicationsEnergy Storage Roadmap for India

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5th US - India Smart Grid Workshop(In collaboration with US Department of Commerce USAID and USTDA)

In colaboration with NEDO, Japan and NSGM)

In collaboration with Indian School of business, Skill Council for Green Jobs and CII)

7th EU-INDIA Smart Grid Workshop(In collaboration with European Commission)

Smart Grid Pilot Projects: Presentation of Results of Successful Project

Future Skills 2030 - Skilling for the Jobs in 2030

Workshop on Blockchain for Utilities (In collaboration with Energy Blockchain Consortium, USA and Energy Web Foundation)

Workshop on Power Markets Design (In collaboration with European Commission and Florence School of Regulations) World Smart Energy Standardization Coordination Workshop(in collaboration with IEC& IEEE)

Smart Water Distribution (In collaboration with CEEW)Smart Gas Distribution

Supporting Ministries

ISUW 2019: AT A GLANCE

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF ISUW 2019

10 Supporting Ministries

37 Supporting

Organisations

1800 + Delegates

41Countries

200+ International

Delegates

288 Speakers

14 Thematic Sessions

with 18 Partners

39Electric Utilities

23WATER Utilties and

Technology Companies

33Key Partners

45 Technical Papers

Published

400 + Delegates in 3

Master Classes

308 Utilities and Regulatory

Commissions

17 GAS Utilities and

Technology Companies

37 Exhibitors

26 Supporting

Media Partners

10Award

Categories

133

Nominations

83

Organisations

Participated

18 Winners

ISGF Innovation Awards


Key PartnersHost Utilities

Co-Host Utilities

Partner Utilities Platinum Partner

Delegate Bag Partner

Lanyard Partner Technical Tour Partner th13 March Lunch Partner

M&D

Gold Partners Silver Partners

Technology Partners

Knowledge Partner Bronze Partners

Welcome Reception Partners ISGF Innovation Awards PartnerSession Partner


GlIMPSES OF MASTER CLASSES AT ISUW 2019

GLIMPSES OF PLENARIES & THEMATIC SESSIONS AT ISUW 2019

Theme 1: Energy Transition and Utility Transformation

Tutors: Anant Venkateswaran, Jonathan Pettit, Randall Schmidt, Nitin Kumar, Rama Rao Bandreddi, Suhas Dhapare, Ajoy Rajani

Lighting of the Lamp (L-R) Reena Suri, Sunil Wadhwa, AK Bhalla, Ganesh Natarajan, H.E. Alexandre Zeigler,

Richard Schomberg, H.E. Tomasz Kozlowski, Takashi Omote, Pitamber Shivnani, Debashis

Banerjee, Karin Widegren, VK Kanjlia

INAUGURAL PLENARY: Theme - Mainstreaming Renewables &

Smart Water Distribution Speakers (L-R): Reji Kumar Pillai,

Akilur Rahman, VK Kanjlia, S Masood Husain, Mohamed Al

Ta’ani, Megan Richards

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation:

Mainstreaming Renewables Speakers (L-R): Jeffrey Skeer, Pankaj Batra, Rohit Pareek, Deepak Saxena, Rahul Tongia, Puneet Munjal, Vivek

Goel, Shantanu Jaiswal

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation: Energy

Storage and Energy Storage Roadmap for India

Speakers(L-R): Ganpati Myneni Rao, Rahul Walawalkar, Ravi Seethapathy, Arumugam Manthiram, Sandip Sinha,

Abhishek Ranjan

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation: AMI, Communications and Advanced

AnalyticsSpeakers(L-R): Suresh Babu,

Dharmendra Tomar, Ajoy Rajani, Ravi Seethapathy, Phil Beecher,

Sushil Kumar, JT Rao, Anchunath R, S Samanta, Ali Hosseini, Sudheer

Polavarapu

Theme 2: Next Generation Technologies for Utility Transformation – IoT, AI, Block ChainTutors: Chris Peoples, Marcus Bonner, Kartik

Poddar, Lorien Gamaroff, Shrirang K. Karandikar

Theme: Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation

Digitalization and the Digital Customer Speakers( L-R): -Jonathan Pettit, Marc

Delandre, Vineet Sikka, Stefan Engelhardt, Richard Schomberg, Nitin Rohilla, Rui Mano, Avinash Kumar, SR Vijayan, Ken Haig, Manu

Puri, Bernard Lassus

Theme 3: Enabling Technologies in the Modern Grid

Tutors: Arumugam Manthiram, Ravi Seethapathy, Massimiliano Claps, Faruk Kazi

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation

Resiliency and Future Readiness Speakers (L-R): Ravi Seethapathy, Ajeet Bajpai, Marcus

Bonner, Laurent Karsenti,Reji Kumar Pillai, Prem R Kumar, AK Verma,Santhosh Nair, Ketan

Shah, Nitin Kumar

13 March 2019

14 March 2019


INAUGURAL PLENARY: Theme - Energy and Mobility Transition

Speakers(L-R): Reji Kumar Pillai, Clay Stranger, Nishant Arya, Prasad Reshme

07th India-EU Smart Grids WorkshopSpeakers: Matthieu Craye, Debasish Banerjee,

Praveer Sinha, Christophe Arnoult, Swetha Bhagwat, G Ganesh Das, Rémy Garaude

Verdier, Aastha Prashar, Pierre-Jacques Le Quellec, Jitendra Nalwaya, Patrick Clerens, Gaurav A Sharma, Ricardo Jorge Santos,

Eva Polanská, Willem Van Den Reek, Mikael Rantil, Sumit Pundhir, Wasful Hasan, Philippe

Deschamps, Sara Rudman,Anil Kadam

Workshop on Future Skills 2030Skilling for the Jobs in 2030

Speakers: Chandan Chowdhury, Ganesh Natarajan, Karin Widegren, Praveen Saxena,

Sandeep Goel, Omkar Jani, Kentaro Akiyama, G Ganesh Das, Tanmay Bishnoi, Kishor Narang, Charru Malhotra, Maneesha V Ramesh, Ummu Salma Bava, Sukanya Randhawa, Subhobroto Chakroborty, Faruk Kazi, Manisha D Shukla,

Jayant Kumar

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation: Mobility Transition in Smart

Cities Speakers(L-R): Takafumi Anegawa, Allen Tom

Abraham, James Newcomb, Clay Stranger, Vikash Mishra, Nishant Arya, CK Sreenath,

Indradip Mitra

Smart Grid Pilot Projects: Presentation of Results of Successful Projects

Speakers: Kunal Kumar, Takashi Omote, Ashok Sethi, Tadashi Takei, Shigeru Akaiwa, AK

Mishra, Atul Bali, Toru Sano, Udayan Ganguly, Jayakumaran SR, Udayan Ganguly

Smart City Water DistributionSpeakers:VK Kanjlia, Shiv Anant Tayal, S.

Masood Husain, Ajay Pradhan, Praveen Kumar Guru, Sourav Daspatnaik, Jagdish Kumar

Bassin, Neville Bhasin, Asim Rajeev Bhale Rao, Raman Sharma, Rahul Bagdia, Ramakant, Sumit K Gautam, Major Manik M Jolly SM,, Sukanya

Randhawa, Karthik Ganesan, Rishi Sharma, Wayne Van Eyk, Ankur Mehta, Behzad Bayat

Cyber Secure Energy Transition and Utility Transformation: Electric Vehicles Rollout

Challenges in India Speakers(L-R): C Shikha, Girish Ghatikar,

Sajid Mubashir, Veda Prakash Galigekere, Eva Polanska, Madhu Menon, Gurmit Singh Taneja,

Krishna Sharma, Rajendra Jagtap

Workshop on Blockchain for Energy UtilitiesSpeakers: SK Agarwal, Gerhard Gamperl, Vinod

Tiwari, Lorien Gamaroff, Nitin Gavhane, Chris Peoples, PK Agarwal, Yuvaraj Thanikachalam, Ajoy Rajani, Vasant Prabhu, Arindam Maitra

EU-India Workshop on Power Markets DesignSpeakers: PK Pujari, Meghan Richards, Andris

Piebalgs, Rajesh Mediratta, Tim Schittekatte, SK Chatterjee, Anand Kumar, Cristian Lanfranconi, Arbind Prasad, BB Mehta, Pradyumna Bhagwat,

IS Jha, Cristian Lanfranconi, Patrick Clerens, Nilesh Kane, Subir Sen

15 March 2019

GLIMPSES OF WORKSHOPS & PARALLEL EVENTS AT ISUW 2019

Note: Names of speakers listed are not in the same order as they appear in the pictures


Workshop on Advanced MicrogridsSpeakers: K K Mishra, Larisa Dobriansky, Arindam Maitra, Naveen Nagpal, Jayant Kumar, Prithpal Khajuria, Ravindra Singh, AK Mishra, Jayant Kumar, Ravindra Singh, Prithpal Khajuria, Larisa Dobriansky,

MM Nayak, Paresh Bhatt, Sandip Sinha

Roundtable on Interconnection of Regional Grids in Asia: ASEAN Grid – SAARC/BIMSTEC Grid – GCC Grid

Speakers: H.E. Dr. Matar Hamed Al-Neyadi, H.E. Engr. Mohammad Juma Rashed Binjarsh Al Falasi, Han Thein Kyaw, H.E. Engr. Shaikh

Nawaf Al Khalifa, N Venu, Ghanashyam Prasad, SK Ray, Harry Dhaul, Anton Junaidi, Chanapan Kongnam

01ST Roundtable on Women in EnergySpeakers: Karin Widegren, Astha Gupta, Shaily Jha, Sasmita Patnaik,

Soma Banerjee, Seema Saxena, Madhura Joshi, Mini Govindan, Praveen Saxena, Anjuli Chandra, Disha Banerjee, C Shikha, Palka Sahni,

Mandeep Kaur, Reji Kumar Pillai

05th US - INDIA Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers: Dinah McDougall, Michael Satin, Saurabh Kumar, Praveer

Sinha, Gopal Saxena, Vinay Dixit, Jayant Kumar, Nishant Bhardwaj, Rajib Das, Soumya Prasad Garnaik, Ken Haig, Aditya Trivedi, Rahul Nargotra,

Apurva Chaturvedi, A K Mishra, Deepak Pandey, Girish Ghatikar, Vishal Kapoor

02nd France – India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers: Reena Suri, Philippe Monloubou, Jean-Marc Fenet, Anant

Venkateswaran, David Deboudt, Antoine Jourdain, Nitin Bhate, Deepak Pandey, Anil Kadam, Paul Da Cruz, Muralidharan Ramachandran, Nicolas

Fornage, Valerie Anne Lencznar, Maïte Jaureguy-Naudin, Philippe Montarnal, Rajib Das, Reji Kumar Pillai

Session on Smart City Gas Distribution Speakers: Shiv Anant Tayal, Raman Srivastava, Sushil Kumar,

Vivek Joshi, Vipin Chittoda, Hardeep Rai, Shenbagam Manthiram, Davinder Singh, Jiledar, Ravi Aggarwal, Sushil Kumar, Swati D’Souza,

Amit Mathur, Raman Srivastava, S K Agarwal, Abhijeet Mukherjee, Dharmendra Tomar, Avinash Kumar, Balu Ramaswamy, Anupam Garg,

Kush Mishra

World Smart Energy Standardization Coordination Workshop Speakers: Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Richard Schomberg, Srikanth Chandrasekaran, P Devanand, K Balaraman, Dinesh Chand Sharma, Amarjeet Kumar,

Premjit Lal, Pramod Bhave, B S Bindhumdhava, Kishor Narang, Phil Beecher, Jitender Kumar

GLIMPSES OF WORKSHOPS & PARALLEL EVENTS AT ISUW 2019 (Contd...)


GLIMPSES OF EXHIBITION AT ISUW 2019


GLIMPSES OF VALEDICTORY SESSION, DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATES, PLAQUES & PRIZES AT ISUW 2019

CULTURAL PROGRAMMES AT ISUW 2019

WELCOME RECEPTION HOSTED BY SAP

NETWORKING RECEPTION HOSTED BY USIBC, FLUENCE & AES

NETWORKING COCKTAIL HOSTED BY EUROPEAN UNION


GLIMPSES OF ISGF INNOVATION AWARDS 2019

Best Smart Grid Project in India by Utility Tripura State Electricity

Corporation Limited Diamond Award

Innovative EV of the YearKinetic Green Energy & Power

Solutions LtdDiamond Award

Best Project for Household ElectrificationREC LimitedGold Award

Smart Startup of the YearGrassroots and Rural Innovative

Development(G.R.I.D.) Pvt. Ltd.Platinum Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by Utility

CESC LimitedPlatinum Award

Innovative EV of the YearGoenka Electric Motor Vehicles

Pvt. Ltd.Gold Award

Smart Technology of the YearTata Power Delhi Distribution

LimitedDiamond Award

Smart Incubator of the YearCentre of Advance Research in

Electrified Transportation (CARET)Diamond Award


Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited

Gold Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by Industry

OrxaGrid LtdGold Award

Smart Technology of the YearTata Power Company Ltd

Platinum Award

Most Progressive Water Utility in India

Safe Water Network IndiaPlatinum Award


State Load Despatch Centre, Gujarat Energy Transmission Co.

LtdGold Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by Industry

AutoGrid India Pvt. LtdPlatinum Award

Smart Technology of the YearIndian Institute of Technology,

KanpurGold Award

Innovative EV of the YearAther Energy

Platinum Award


Tata Power DDL Smart Grid Lab, New Delhi

10 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BSES) at TPDDL, New Delhi

GLIMPSES OF TECHNICAL TOURS AT ISUW 2019

Key ContactsKey ContributorsBindeshwary Rai - Manager, Projects & IT, ISGFKarnam Bala Subramanyam - Research Associate, ISGF Shreekant Dhuri - Research Associate, ISGF

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ISGF Welcomes New Members• IBM India Pvt Ltd has joined as Industry Member

• winAMR Systems Pvt Ltd has joined as Industry Member

• Larsen & Toubro Limited (Power Transmission & Distribution) has joined as Industry Member

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INDIA

Tamil Nadu Issues New Net Metering Guidelines

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has issued new net metering guidelines for solar rooftop consumers under which an eligible consumer can install the maximum capacity of solar rooftop up to 100 percent of his contracted demand with the distribution licensee and will also have to install two meters under the solar net feed-in program. The electricity generated by the solar rooftop power project will need to be used for self-consumption. The surplus energy that flows to the grid and recorded in the export register of the meter will be calculated at a tariff fixed by the commission and credited to the consumer’s account. Read More: https://bit.ly/2FKkCbG

New Guidelines for Cross Border Trade of Electricity

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued new regulations for the cross-border trade of electricity which will apply to the participating entities in India and neighbouring countries which are engaged in cross-border trade of electricity with India. In case of tripartite agreements, the cross-border trade of electricity across India will be allowed under the overall framework of bilateral agreements signed between Government of India and the governments of the respective neighbouring countries of the participating entities. The Ministry of Power assigned a designated authority will coordinate with any authority nominated by the concerned neighbouring countries for all purposes related to cross border trade in electricity. Read More: https://bit.ly/2THFjbP

Government Readies Blueprint for EV and Battery Manufacturing

The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for setting up a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage initiatives. In addition the cabinet also approved the creation of Phased Manufacturing Program to support the development of large-scale, export-competitive integrated batteries and cell-manufacturing giga-scale projects in India. Phased Manufacturing Program will be valid for five years until 2024 and help in localization of production across the entire electric vehicles value chain Read More: https://bit.ly/2C4kUrJ

Custom Duty Hike on EV Parts to Incentivize Domestic Manufacturing

With the proposal for setting up a national mission on transformative mobility and battery storage initiatives being approved, central government came out with a Phased Manufacturing Program which proposed imposition of 15 percent customs duty on parts that are used to manufacture electric vehicles such as AC or DC charger and motor, energy monitor, brake system for recovering and others. The government has also proposed to double the customs duty on lithium-ion cells for use in manufacturing of lithium-ion accumulator for electric vehicles from 5 percent to 10 percent and tripled the customs duty on battery packs in manufacturing of electric vehicles from 5 percent to 15 percent. The proposed hike in custom duty for battery will be applicable from April 2021. Read More: https://bit.ly/2I0aGw3

Uttar Pradesh Approves EV Charging Tariff

Uttar Pradesh Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has issued separate tariff for all categories of EV consumers in its new tariff order. According to the order issued by UPERC all metered residential consumers under LMV-1 (Light Motor Vehicle) category will be allowed to charge EVs at their residences at residential tariff as long as the EV charging load does not exceed the contracted load for that residence whereas in case of multi-story building and public charging stations, EV charging tariff ranges from INR 5.90 per unit to INR 7.70 per unit depending on the vehicle category and connectivity. Read More: https://bit.ly/2YyNye8

New Policy for Small Scale Distributed Solar PV Projects in Gujarat

Government of Gujarat has come out with a policy on small-scale distributed solar PV sector which will facilitate the development of small-scale solar PV projects with sizes ranging between 0.5 and 4 MW and will also lead to setting up of solar PV projects in scattered pockets of barren and uncultivable land at a fast pace. The policy would be in force for five years and projects installed and commissioned within the operative period of policy will be eligible for benefits under this policy for the entire 25-year term of their power purchase agreement. Read More: https://bit.ly/2UaB39p

No Transmission Charges for Solar and Wind Projects

According to the latest amendment in the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Sharing of inter-state Transmission Charges and Losses) Regulations, no wind and solar power based generation projects will have to pay transmission charges and losses for the use of ISTS network for a period of 25 years from the date of commercial operation. The benefits will be provided for projects which has been awarded through competitive bidding as per central government guidelines and whose commercial operation date will be between February 13, 2018, and March 31, 2022. Read More: https://bit.ly/2CKAF7p

Second Phase of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV Program Approved

The President of India has approved the launch of the second phase of grid-connected rooftop solar PV program in India. The program aims to help achieve the target of 40 GW of rooftop solar PV capacity by 2022. Under phase-II, 38 GW of grid-connected rooftop solar PV capacity is expected to be installed. The central government will provide USD 1.66 billion as central financial assistance for capacity building, service charges, and incentives to distribution companies. Read More: https://bit.ly/2UhkTL7

INTERNATIONAL

100 Percent Carbon Free Electricity Target for New Mexico

New Mexico senate passed the Energy Transition Act (SB 489) which would impose a zero carbon electricity standard on public utilities by 2045. The bill has also provided for increase in interim renewables targets, by 50 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2040. The bill also allows Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to socialize the costs incurred by abandoning existing investments and switching to cleaner ones. It can issue bonds to pay for the transition, and charge customers for the recovery

Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards


Policy, Regulations & Standards (Contd...)

of energy transition costs including financing and power plant abandonment costs. Read More: https://bit.ly/2uyK8tU

Morocco and Spain Plan Third Connection

Morocco has signed with Spain a MoU for the construction of a third electricity interconnection between the two countries. The national electric firms of the two countries will soon carry out the appraisal work for the project, which should come into operation before 2026 and allow the transport of 700 MW of electricity. The cost of this new power line has been estimated at 150 million euro and will allow the integration of renewable energies, mainly photovoltaics into the European electricity system. Read More: https://bit.ly/2CMsoji

30 Percent Electricity from Offshore Wind for United Kingdom\

United Kingdom (UK) launched a major commitment to renewable energy development, with a pledge to get 30 percent of electricity from offshore wind by 2030. A total investment of 52 billion USD will be required for infrastructure investment to bring the nation’s

total installed offshore wind capacity to 30 gigawatts. This initiative is expected to create almost 20,000 jobs, aims to benefit UK companies in offshore wind supply chain centres across the North East, East Anglia, Humber and Solent, while boosting exports. Read More: https://bit.ly/2TL8s6a

Puerto Rico Approves 100 Percent Renewable Energy Target

House of Representatives of Puerto Rico approved legislation (PS 1121) which provides for adoption of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. In addition it has set incremental milestones for renewable energy development for 2025 and 2040 and also advocates for banning of coal power after 2028. In 2017, coal powered 17 percent of the island’s electricity, while renewables accounted for just 2 percent. The legislation also protects net metering for five years, mandates automatic interconnection and net metering for systems under 25 kW, and requires larger systems between 25 kW and 5 MW to be approved within 90 days. Read More: https://bit.ly/2FJ6Shd

Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projectsprizes for communities across Canada to encourage communities of all sizes to look at ways of adopting the new technology. Source: https://bit.ly/2WOsVK5

ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ENERGY STORAGE BHEL to Setup Solar-Powered EV Charging Stations Along Delhi-Chandigarh Highway

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced that it will install a network of solar-based electric vehicle charging stations on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway. The project will be developed under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) program of Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), Government of India. Read More: https://bit.ly/2t3UBNv

Tamil Nadu to Procure 2,000 E-buses

The Tamil Nadu Government will purchase 2,000 low maintenance, battery-operated buses and 10,000 fuel-efficient BS-VI buses as part of adopting environment-friendly and fuel-efficient public transport systems. The state government is planning to avail a loan from KFW, the German government-owned development bank, at 2% interest for financing the purchase. Read More: https://bit.ly/2t8stZz

Oslo to Become First City to Wirelessly Charge E-Taxis

Norway’s capital Oslo will become the first city in the world to install wireless charging systems for electric taxis, hoping to make recharging quick and efficient enough to speed the take up of non-polluting cabs. The project will use induction technology, with charging plates installed in the road at taxi ranks linking to receivers installed in the vehicle. Fortum is working with U.S. firm Momentum Dynamics and the City of Oslo on the scheme. Read More: https://bit.ly/2TCWkUV

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MICROGRIDSSolar Auctions in 2018: Who had the Biggest Bite of the Pie?

India’s solar market is on a roll with over 24 GW of large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity installed in the country as of December

SMART CITIES 6,600 Crores Allocated for the Smart Cities Mission

The government has allocated Rs 6,600 crore for the Smart Cities Mission, which is about 7 percent more than the amount set aside last year. The government last year had proposed over 50 percent increase in the allocation for smart cities in Budget 2018 from Rs 4,000 crore for 2017-2018 to Rs 6,169 crore for 2018-2019. Under the programme, 100 Smart Cities have been selected in four rounds based on an all India competition. Since the launch of the mission, a total of 5,151 projects have been identified and are in various stages of implementation in 100 cities. As many as 534 projects worth Rs. 10,116 crores have been completed and implementation has commenced for 1,177 projects worth Rs 43,493 crore while tendering has started for 677 projects worth Rs 38,207 crore. The progress with respect to implementation of projects pertaining to smart solutions, smart roads, smart water and solar rooftops. The Smart Cities Mission was launched on June 25, 2015. Source: https://bit.ly/2RHqNjz

City of Markhamto in Toronto Partner Up with Bell, IBM for Smart City Pilot Project

Key Highlight: Bell and IBM Canada Ltd placed sensors in 3,55,000 residents of Toronto

Bell Canada and IBM Canada Ltd. are teaming up with the city of Markhamto test a new generation of systems for monitoring city infrastructure and detecting problems such as storm flooding. The six-month research program that starts in April will combine Bell’s broadband networks, IBM data analytics and data from sensors placed in various parts of the city of 3,55,000 residents, northeast of Toronto.

The Markhamto pilot project will largely focus on behind the scenes processes designed to do things such as detecting leaks in city water pipes, storm-related flooding, energy usage in city buildings and remote tracking of city equipment. The federal government has conducted a “smart cities” challenge to provide millions of dollars in


Technology & Projects (Contd...)

2018. Over 13 GW of large-scale solar projects were auctioned and awarded in 2018, nearly three times more than the 4.5 GW awarded in 2017. With the government focused on large mega-tenders and auctions, smaller developers have largely been left out due to financial constraints because auctions have become too big for them to bid. Solar auctions of over 13 GW have not been spread evenly and a few large developers have won most of the projects. ACME Solar won the most auctions in 2018 (16 percent), followed by SB Energy with 15 percent, and Azure Power with an 11 percent. In 2018, approximately 67 percent of large-scale solar auctions were won by just seven developers. Read more: https://bit.ly/2RIEUtM

100 Percent Renewable Energy Bill gets Hearing at Minnesota’s Capitol

Key Highlight: Minnesota has met its renewable energy goal 7 years early, requiring utilities to get at least 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2025

A bill that would supercharge Minnesota’s renewable energy standard got its first hearing at the state Capitol on 5th February, 2019 in US. It would require utilities to provide 100 percent clean electricity by 2050. Minnesota advocates say the state needs to accelerate those efforts to avoid the worst effects of climate change. But Minnesota’s electricity costs have remained in check, and wind and solar expansion have created thousands of jobs in a state that has no coal to mine and no natural gas to drill for. And since that standard was put in place, the debate over whether climate change is real is no longer a question. Read more: https://bit.ly/2DWKzE3

Soft Bank Led Energy Leads Enthusiastic Bidding in Wind Power Auction

Soft Bank led SB Energy has made its first pitch for a wind tender in India, bidding for half the 1,200 MW offered in a central government auction that has attracted many bids despite the industry’s worries about land availability and transmission infrastructure. ReNew Power, Italy based Enel Power, and France’s EDF bid for 300-MW capacity each, while Adani Green Energy and France’s Engie bid for 250 MW each in the tender for which techno-commercial bids were due to be submitted on 5th February, 2019. The tender elicited bids for almost twice the size offered because of a higher ceiling tariff, which makes the projects more attractive for renewable energy companies even though there are hurdles such as land availability and infrastructure to transfer power from the plant to the grid. Read more: https://bit.ly/2DWjaly

Gujarat’s 500 MW Solar Tender Over Subscribed by 545 MW

Key Highlight: Seven firms have submitted bids for 1,045 MW. Avaada Power and ReNew Power lead with a bid of 250 MW each

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL)’s 500 MW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects (Phase IV) tender has been oversubscribed by 545 MW. Bids totalling 1,045 MW were submitted in response to the tendered capacity of 500 MW. When contacted, a GUVNL official confirmed that the bid-submission for this tender has now concluded. The official though did not disclose the firms participating or capacity bid for by them. GUVNL had tendered the capacity in January 2019, without any upper tariff ceiling. Read more: https://bit.ly/2DZkioN

School District and City to Reap Benefits of Utility-Owned Microgrid, Thanks to Group Effort in Washington, US

Under the effort, called the Tenino Innovation and Education Through Renewables (TIER) project, numerous funders are backing a solar Microgrid that uses behind-the-meter solar owned by the school district plus assets owned by the utility. Ultimately, the goal is to create a project that teaches local students and residents about innovative energy technologies and encourages them to pursue careers in the field. The Microgrid will include 64 kW of behind-the-meter solar owned by the Tenino School District, plus assets owned by Puget Sound Energy: 150 kW of solar, a 1-MW battery, a substation and transmission lines. During a major blackout, all those assets will be used to provide power to the school district. In addition, two-way communication between the utility and homeowners will be established for demand response programs. Read more: https://bit.ly/2DeWziz

ABB and SUSI Partner on Microgrid and Storage Solutions

Microgrids can integrate multiple distributed energy sources, including renewables such as wind and solar or thermal systems such as combined heat and power with energy storage. A further advantage is that these projects contribute to improved environmental performance by minimizing the use of carbon-intensive energy sources while improving cost-effectiveness, power quality and power-supply resilience. SUSI will structure and finance the projects through its SUSI Energy Storage Fund. SUSI intends to provide capital of up to €100 million to finance the development and execution of Microgrid and energy storage projects by qualified partners. Under the agreement, ABB will provide project developers with integrated technology solutions leveraging their expertise in designing and building off-grid and grid-connected Microgrids. Read more: https://bit.ly/2WL8lKA

DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIESJapanese Businesses Test Blockchain to Trade Renewable Energy

Key Highlight: Blockchain to simulate energy transactions for creating a full-scale commercially operational network

Marubeni and LO3 Energy have started a pilot project in Japan where LO3 will administer an energy marketplace using blockchain to connect a number of Marubeni’s power production facilities, including renewables, with offices and factories around Japan in a virtual marketplace. The project will simulate energy transactions to test the viability of the concept with the ultimate goal of creating a full-scale commercially operational network in the future. LO3 Energy’s transactive energy platform was pioneered in the creation of the Brooklyn Microgrid in US. It utilizes standard electricity meters combined with blockchain-enabled TAGe computer devices to measure useful energy data and power quality information and communicate with other devices on the network to activate energy transactions. Read more: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5295

Bidgely AI Platform Targets Better Efficiency, Load-Shaping Solutions for Utilities

Bidgely in partnership with EnergyHub is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to give utilities a better idea of what is happening inside homes. The number of devices connected to


simple- achieve the growing demand and future proof against a potential water crisis. Read more: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5276

Recycle and Reuse: Plan to Convert 260 MLD Sewage into Fresh Water in Chennai

With groundwater levels hitting rock bottom and monsoon failing almost every alternative year, city’s water woes could only worsen. To tide over the impending crisis, the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) has come up with a proposal that assures regular supply of 260 MLD (million litres per day). The plan is to recycle sewage into potable drinking water by setting up tertiary treatment plants, costing over 1,000 crore. The treated water will be released into identified water bodies for recharge and pumped back into city’s water distribution network. A total of seven lakes and water bodies, will benefit from the project. On a pilot scale, Metro Water has invited bids to set up dedicated 10 MLD sewage treatment plants, followed by tertiary treatment plants at Nesapakkam and Perungudi. The treated water is to be pumped to the nearby lakes. Also, tenders will be issued for four 10 MLD and a 6 MLD capacity modular prefabricated water treatment plants at many lakes. Read More: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5262

Gas Distribution Network inaugurated in Patna City in India

The first phase of the Jagdishpur - Haldia & Bokaro - Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline Project (JHBDPL), popularly known as ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga’ and the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network in Patna in the state of Bihar in India was recently inaugurated. The total length of JHBDPL pipeline is 2,655 km and covers many states in India including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and being further extended from Barauni to Guwahati (Assam) through 729 km pipeline. The natural gas pipeline will be crucial in reviving fertilizer units and also supply natural gas for houses and vehicles in cities enroute the pipeline. The availability of environment friendly, convenient and economical natural gas will also help in reducing pollution levels. The project execution is expected to generate direct and indirect employment for thousands. Read More: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5266

the grid is growing at breakneck speed, ideally providing utilities an opportunity to control and coordinate them while balancing the grid. But analysts say that absent help from technology, the process of integrating the growing number of devices will quickly outstrip utility capabilities. Read more: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5292

Madrid Transit System Uses AI to Increase Efficiency, Decrease CO2

Key Highlight: AI-based system enabled reduction in energy costs for ventilation by 25% and cut CO2 emissions by 1,800 tons annually

Metro de Madrid, of spain in conjunction with Accenture, has developed and implemented a self-learning AI-based ventilation system that minimizes energy costs and emissions and ensures high air quality in metro stations and commuters’ comfort. The artificial intelligence (AI)-based system has enabled Metro de Madrid to reduce its energy costs for ventilation by 25% and cut CO2 emissions by 1,800 tons annually. To help passengers stay cool inside stations, particularly during the hot summer months, Metro de Madrid operates 891 ventilation fans, which were consuming as much as 80 gigawatt hours of energy annually. The Madrid Metro Ventilation experts worked with Accenture Applied Intelligence to develop a system that took inspiration from an unusual source: the coordinated foraging behavior of a bee colony. Read more: http://www.indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=5294

SMART WATER AND SMART GASPune City to use 275,000 Digital Water Meters

In the age of smart cities, wearable technology, and IoT enabled devices that promise to make living digitally connected. Amid all this digital enablement, the city of Pune in state of Maharashtra in India has opted to save water by implementing Digital water meters. The Pune Municipal Corporation will be implementing digital water meters to monitor, measure and manage water across its network. Nearly 275,000 digital water meters will be actioned to manage water. These digi-meters are offered by Sensus iPerl. City of Pune was the first to implement a program aligned with the Smart City mission. Exponential growth in population had strained the water supply network. The reason to implement the water meters was

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Appointments and Transfers

Shailendra Kumar Shukla has been appointed as Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Ltd

VS Bhatia has been appointed as Managing Director, Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd, Rajasthan

Pravin L Agrawal has been appointed as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India

Suthirtha Bhattacharjee has been appointed as Chairman, West Bengal State Electricity Regulatory Commission

EW Nongrum has been appointed as Managing Director, Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Ltd

Mohammad Qaiser Abdul Haque has been appointed as Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Co Ltd

Vikas Narwal has been appointed as Managing Director, MP Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co Ltd

Avinash Singhvi has been appointed as Managing Director, Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd., Rajashthan


Indian Delegation to CIRED 2019, 03 - 06 June 2019 in Madrid

New Tenders for Smart Metering in India

As the emergence of India as a strong economic power is receiving widespread recognition in the world. Having completed household electrification through SAUBHAGYA, next challenge is to provide 24x7 electricity to all the households which require new technologies and smart grid systems. To achieve this goal, Government has launched several programs with multi-billion-dollar funding. Smart grid which is also necessary to integrate rapidly growing renewable generation resources and smart metering are key focus area of these programs. The Government has also moved forward with the ambitious program to build 100 Smart Cities and add 6-7 million electric vehicles which require smart grids. With all these ground-breaking initiatives, India has already emerged as the prime destination for Smart Grids and Smart Cities.

With this background, ISGF is working towards bringing the international experiences and learnings to India to ensure successful implementation of the planned projects. To this objective, ISGF has been taking delegations of key officials from utilities, governments and regulators to various international events and trade missions in the past 5years as well as bringing experts from around the world to India at ISGF’s Annual conference and exhibition, the India Smart Utility Week.

ISGF will be leading a high-power delegation of senior government officials, senior managers of distribution utilities and regulators from India to CIRED 2019 in Madrid, Spain scheduled from 03-06 June 2019. CIRED, the leading forum where the Electricity Distribution Community meets, is held every two years in different venues in Europe with a worldwide perspective and participation. CIRED 2019 offers the opportunity to interact face-to-face with up to 2000 key decision leaders in the field of Electricity Distribution. It provides a platform to network with a wide range of experts from utilities, consultants, technology companies, academia and research, services and business sectors in the electricity distribution industry.

To join the Indian Delegation to CIRED 2019 and to know about fee, schedule and other details, please write to Ms. Yashika Maheshwari at ISGF ([email protected])

Ongoing Tenders

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1 Jharkhand State Electricity Board

Manufacturing, testing and supply of three phase smart meter 10-60A And 20-100A And LTCT smart meter and also its installation and commissioning with necessary kits required for LTIS consumer metering

17th April 2019 https://bit.ly/2Vo4VfT

2 Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited

Implementation of smart Meter/ AMI in various towns of Ajmer DISCOM under CAPEX-OPEX based BOOT model under IPDS

10th April 2019 https://bit.ly/2uGqqg9

3 Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution Corporation Limited

Procurement of various ratings of smart meters and installation, erection testing, commissioning and maintenance Of AMI system implemented. (on turn-key basis)

24th April 2019 https://bit.ly/2IaBxWu

4 Jodhpur Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited

Implementation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure ( AMI ) / smart metering system under IPDS In Jodhpur DISCOM

10th April 2019 https://bit.ly/2OIFHGo

5 Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)

Supply, installation, Integration, testing, commissioning of Smart meters (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) with Two way communication technology (GPRS/RF Mesh) for monitor and control smart meter installed at CMRL Phase-1 stations

2nd May 2019 https://bit.ly/2CUWWQ3

6 Local Self Government Department (Thrissur, Kerala)

Consumer survey and installation of smart meters and sensors/IOT Devices for monitoring water supply lines

20th April 2019 https://bit.ly/2YM8AWQ

Expected Tenders

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1 BESCOM Supply of 1-phase whole current smart meter, 3-phase whole current smart meter and CT operated 3-phase smart meter as a part of Advance Metering Infrastructure along with the communication network for HSR Layout area

Expected https://bit.ly/2Vo4VfT

2 MPPKVVCL Smart Meter for 1300 households in Parmanu Nagar Indore Expected https://bit.ly/2uGqqg9

3 TANGEDCO Advance Metering Infrastructure along with the communication network for the Theyagaraya area

Expected https://bit.ly/2IaBxWu

4 HESCOM Supply of 1-phase whole current smart meter, 3-phase whole current smart meter and CT operated 3-phase smart meter as a part of Advance Metering Infrastructure along with the communication network

Expected https://bit.ly/2OIFHGo

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